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Grants paid by Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation, tax year 2024
EIN 36-4334358 · IL · Form 990, Schedule I
In tax year 2024, Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation (EIN 36-4334358) reported 78 grants paid totaling $67,564,520. Dataset version 2026.09.0, built 2026-09-03.
Every grant, 2024
| Tax year | Recipient | Match | Amount | Type | Purpose | Source filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Prairie State Conservation Coalition Springfield, IL | A | $47,147,561 | paid | PSCC Final Grant | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | County of Lake Waukegan, IL | U | $2,000,000 | paid | Net Zero 911/Regional Operations & Communications Facility | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Heartland Community College Normal, IL | A | $2,000,000 | paid | Heartland Community College Net Zero Energy Agriculture Complex | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Forest Preserve District of Dupage County Wheaton, IL | A | $2,000,000 | paid | Net Zero Wildlife Rehabilitation Clinic/Visitor Center | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Homewood-Flossmoor Chsd #233 Flossmoor, IL | A | $2,000,000 | paid | Net Zero Energy Science Addition | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Openlands Chicago, IL | A | $1,529,452 | paid | Acquisition to Connect Cores and Corridors in Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge - Phase II (375 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | The Conservation Fund Chicago, IL | A | $1,510,000 | paid | Tamarack Farms Acquisition for Hackmatack National Wildlife Refuge (614 Acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Oak Park Residence Corporation Oak Park, IL | A | $1,400,000 | paid | 7 Van Buren Net Zero Energy Multifamily Residence | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Academy for Global Citizenship Chicago, IL | A | $1,200,000 | paid | Academy for Global Citizenship Net Positive Energy School | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Forest Preserve District of Kane County Geneva, IL | A | $1,074,150 | paid | Acquisition of Donahue Farm (294.83 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Severson Dells Educational Foundation Rockford, IL | A | $833,035 | paid | Acquisition of Elliot Golf Course for new nature preserve and nature center (165 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Academy for Global Citizenship Chicago, IL | A | $800,000 | paid | Academy for Global Citizenship Net Positive Energy School | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Park District of Oak Park Oak Park, IL | A | $711,463 | paid | Oak Park Net Zero Energy Community Recreation Center | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Nature Conservancy Chicago, IL | A | $664,440 | paid | Acquisition of the James Tract in the Hutchins/Clear Creek Valley of the Shawnee National Forest (260.8 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | The Conservation Fund Chicago, IL | A | $449,075 | paid | Acquisition under Illinois Working Lands, Water and Wildlife Partnership (300 acres of purchased natural areas conservation easement) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Plainfield Park District Plainfield, IL | A | $400,000 | paid | Bott Park Indoor Recreation Center | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Lake County Forest Preserve District Libertyville, IL | A | $307,720 | paid | Net-Zero Energy Environmental Education Center at Ryerson Conservation Area | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Community Development Corporation of Pembroke Hopkins Park Hopkins Park, IL | A | $227,840 | paid | Acquisition of Pembroke Savanna (96 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Lake County Forest Preserve District Libertyville, IL | A | $205,146 | paid | Net-Zero Energy Environmental Education Center at Ryerson Conservation Area | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Saint Joseph School Downers Grove, IL | A | $200,000 | paid | St. Joseph School Net Zero Energy Addition | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Kishwaukee Water Reclamation District Dekalb, IL | A | $200,000 | paid | Net Zero Energy CHP Project | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Pleasure Driveway and Park District of Peoria Peoria, IL | A | $38,400 | paid | Acquisition of KDB Parcel (14.75 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | US Green Building Council Illinois Chapter Chicago, IL | A | $31,700 | paid | 2023 Getting to Zero Illinois Summit | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Forest Preserve Friends Foundation Mahomet, IL | A | $27,000 | paid | Homer Lake Forest Preserve: Timberdoodle Woods Enhancement | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See Manteno, IL | A | $27,000 | paid | Stewardship of Camp Shaw-Wah-Nas-See - Rock Creek Priority Zone | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $26,245 | paid | 2023-2024 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of the Sangamon Valley Springfield, IL | A | $26,000 | paid | Boyle Woods Stewardship Project | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc Elizabeth, IL | A | $25,196 | paid | Ecological Restoration at Rutherford Refuge at Twin Bridges Nature Preserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards Sleepy Hollow, IL | A | $25,000 | paid | Schaumburg Road Grasslands (part of the Arthur L. Janura Forest Preserve)-Schaumburg Road Woodland Recovery Project | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Preservation Foundation of the Lakecounty Forest Preserves Libertyville, IL | A | $25,000 | paid | Community Stewardship of Heron Creek | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of the Forest Preserves Chicago, IL | A | $25,000 | paid | Stewardship of Sand Ridge Nature Center | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of the Forest Preserves Chicago, IL | A | $25,000 | paid | Stewardship of Spicebush Woods | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $23,190 | paid | 2023-2024 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves Northbrook, IL | A | $23,000 | paid | Stewardship of Kishwaukee Fen Nature Preserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of the Kankakee Watseka, IL | A | $22,500 | paid | Acquisition of Connector Parcels in Kankakee Sands Bioregion, Iroquois County, IL (100 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Clifftop Nfp Maeystown, IL | A | $21,000 | paid | Storment Hauss Nature Preserve - Removal of invasive exotic species from the 2019 twenty acre addition, and restoration of the site to prairie/savanna | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County Oregon, IL | A | $21,000 | paid | Stewardship of Sand Ridge Prairie | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Lake County Forest Preserve District Libertyville, IL | A | $20,000 | paid | Proposed Pollinator Meadows at Lakewood Forest Preserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $20,000 | paid | ICECF K-12 Schools Grant Program Field Support | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $19,570 | paid | 2023-2024 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $16,000 | paid | ICECF Small-Scale Solar PV for K-12 Schools Grant Program | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $15,795 | paid | 2023-2024 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Clifftop Nfp Maeystown, IL | A | $11,000 | paid | Storment Hauss Nature Preserve - Removal of invasive exotic species from the 2019 twenty acre addition, and restoration of the site to prairie/savanna | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Prairie Preservation Society of Ogle County Oregon, IL | A | $11,000 | paid | Stewardship of Sand Ridge Prairie | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of Nachusa Grasslands Franklin Grove, IL | A | $9,000 | paid | Stewardship of Nachusa Grasslands - Holland Savanna Unit & Big Jump Savanna/Prairie Unit | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $8,000 | paid | ICECF Small-Scale Solar PV for K-12 Schools Grant Program | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $8,000 | paid | ICECF K-12 Schools Grant Program Field Support | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $8,000 | paid | ICECF Small-Scale Solar PV for K-12 Schools Grant Program | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Mchenry County Conservation Foundation Richmond, IL | A | $7,752 | paid | Camp Lakota Pothole Wetlands Project Addition (+/- 40 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Zion-Benton Township High School District #126 Zion, IL | U | $6,400 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Chicago Ridge School District 1275 Chicago Ridge, IL | U | $6,400 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Proviso Township High Schools Forest Park, IL | A | $6,400 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Bremen Community School District #228 Oak Forest, IL | U | $6,400 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | St John the Baptist Catholic Church Winfield, IL | A | $6,400 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Chicago Ridge School District 1275 Chicago Ridge, IL | U | $6,400 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Zion-Benton Township High School District #126 Zion, IL | U | $6,400 | paid | K-12 1 kW Educational PV System | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Illinois Audubon Society Springfield, IL | A | $6,394 | paid | Stewardship of Gremel Nature Preserve: A Legacy Project of Illinois Clean Energy Community Foundation - INAI Sedge Meadow | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Natural Land Institute Rockford, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at Lind McGeachie Preserve (54 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Forest Preserve Friends Foundation Mahomet, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Bridge Renovations at Lake of the Woods | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Forest Preserve Friends Foundation Mahomet, IL | A | $5,500 | paid | Pollinator Shelter at Homer Lake Forest Preserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Lake Bluff Open Lands Association Lake Bluff, IL | A | $5,482 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at the Goetz Wetland Preserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Landmark Elementary School Mchenry, IL | A | $5,145 | paid | Landmark School Garden | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc Elizabeth, IL | A | $5,000 | paid | Footbridge and Event at Rutherford Refuge at Twin Bridges Nature Preserve (24 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Middle Rock Conservation Partners Franklin Grove, IL | A | $5,000 | paid | Restoration of the Samuel & Edna Hill Preservation Site | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Camp Shaw-Waw-Nas-See Manteno, IL | A | $5,000 | paid | Stewardship of Camp Shaw-Wah-Nas-See - Rock Creek Priority Zone | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Jo Daviess Conservation Foundation Inc Elizabeth, IL | A | $4,804 | paid | Ecological Restoration at Rutherford Refuge at Twin Bridges Nature Preserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Neighborspace Chicago, IL | A | $4,699 | paid | Public Amenities and Events at King Drive Community Garden (.52 acres) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Gateway to the Great Outdoors Chicago, IL | A | $4,096 | paid | Pollinator Garden at John Fiske Elementary School | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of the Forest Preserves Chicago, IL | A | $4,000 | paid | Stewardship of Little Red School House Oak Woodland (#8280) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of Illinois Nature Preserves Northbrook, IL | A | $4,000 | paid | Stewardship of Kishwaukee Fen Nature Preserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Lake Bluff Open Lands Association Lake Bluff, IL | A | $4,000 | paid | Stewardship of the Skokie River Prairie Land and Water Reserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of the Forest Preserves Chicago, IL | A | $4,000 | paid | Stewardship of Forest Glen Woods (#8279) | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Gateway to the Great Outdoors Chicago, IL | A | $3,979 | paid | Pollinator Garden at John B. Drake Elementary School | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Foundation for Environmental Education Columbus, OH | A | $3,845 | paid | 2020-2021 Workshop/Data Support for K-12 Solar Schools Program | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Friends of the Chicago River Chicago, IL | A | $2,000 | paid | Stewardship of Harms Woods | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Lake Bluff Open Lands Association Lake Bluff, IL | A | $2,000 | paid | Stewardship of the Skokie River Prairie Land and Water Reserve | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards Sleepy Hollow, IL | A | $2,000 | paid | Schaumburg Road Grasslands (part of the Arthur L. Janura Forest Preserve)-Schaumburg Road Woodland Recovery Project | 202413459349300736 |
| 2024 | Peoria Wilds N F P Peoria, IL | A | $1,546 | paid | Creation of Land Trust in Central Illinois | 202413459349300736 |
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